Aug 24, 2021 | COVID-19 Related Law, Employment Law, Health Care
On August 13, 2021, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued updated COVID-19 guidance for employers with vaccinated, unvaccinated, and otherwise at-risk employees. OSHA had previously released guidance on June 10, 2021, which focused...
Aug 24, 2021 | Health Care
In June, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (“CMS”) issued a new advisory opinion on whether a physician practice may qualify as a “group practice” for purposes of the federal physician self-referral law (1877(h)(4) of the Social Security Act and 42...
Aug 5, 2021 | Health Care
Georgia’s new anti-kickback statute relating to drug abuse treatment and education programs took effect on July 1, 2021. The new statute comes as many states adopt similar laws that reflect the Federal Eliminating Kickbacks in Recovery Act of 2018 in an effort to...
Jun 7, 2021 | Health Care, HIPAA
On June 2, 2021, the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced another settlement of an enforcement action in its Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) Right of Access Initiative. This is the...
May 11, 2021 | Health Care
On April 27, 2021, the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services issued a new proposed rule that, along with increasing hospital payments, proposes changes to the Medicare Promoting Interoperability Program (formerly known as the Medicare and Medicaid EHR Incentive...
May 6, 2021 | Health Care
On April 29, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) released a new advisory opinion (OIG Advisory Opinion No. 21-02) about an Ambulatory Surgery Center (“ASC”) to be jointly owned by a health system, a physician...
